At 0:00 AM on July 7th, England defeated Switzerland in the European Championship quarter-finals via a penalty shootout.
During the shootout, Pickford saved Akanji’s first penalty, successfully helping England advance to the semi-finals. With this save, Pickford has now saved 4 penalties out of 14 in major England tournaments, which is double the number of penalties saved by England goalkeepers between 1990 and 2012 (2 out of 36).
England will face the Netherlands in the semi-finals at 3:00 AM on July 11th.
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